Keeps them up by the skin of their teeth.
Wayne Rooney | Sacked as Birmingham City Manager
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Congratulations, Wazza!
Happy for him. One of my all time favourite players.
Literally 11 minutes from finishing bottom of the league.
That goal changed so much
That goal changed so much
Good for them.
Can’t see him at Derby next season
Most fans on the derby county forum want him gone.
they seem a very tired, bitter bunch over there.
they seem a very tired, bitter bunch over there.
Granny what?
What an entitled bunch of cnuts. They should be forever grateful one of all time great English players sacrificed his own playing career just so he could focus on keeping them up.
Happy for him, but I’ve no idea how they survived, they’ve looked absolutely terrible every time I’ve watched them.
He’ll still probably be sacked
He is definitely a lucky manager which is a good trait to have.
He could become the new Sam Allardyce, specialist in keeping teams up (except WBA this year)
He could become the new Sam Allardyce, specialist in keeping teams up (except WBA this year)
Well done, Rooney.
I imagine being in a Championship relegation battle does that to a fanbase.
A fair proportion of United fans on this Forum are a tired and bitter bunch and we're 2nd in the league and in the EL final.
At least they have an excuse for being tired and bitter.
Well done Rooney! I watched his post match interview, he looks like he's morphing into Phil Mitchell.
Are Derby an awful side? What is a realistic expectation of this particular squad?
I guess what I'm wondering is the context for this particular achievement, if it can be described as such. Clearly it is not fantastic but he hasn't been in charge that long either.
I guess what I'm wondering is the context for this particular achievement, if it can be described as such. Clearly it is not fantastic but he hasn't been in charge that long either.
How good is this derby side? Weren’t they promotion contenders under Lampard?
has he underperformed? Or is the team shit?
has he underperformed? Or is the team shit?
Derby fan here, we were incredibly grateful when he finished his playing career as he was absolutely woeful for us despite picking up a gigantic pay cheque ever week (£100k/week as a Championship player...), his signing (orchestrated by our chairman) undermined our then manager Cocu who had a player he didn't want, couldn't drop and was being touted for his own job by the media every week (it was a total circus, all against the backdrop of our name change to "Rooney's Rams". You do realise we were going okay until Rooney came in? He captained us to bottom of the league as a player, took over as manager and has averaged 1 point per game since he took over. We survived because Wednesday were docked 6 points and Rotherham who have a fraction of our resources drew after a 89th min equaliser at Cardiff. Our last 7 games were lost 6 in a row, draw at home to bottom of the league and Rooney "saved us" apparently.
Say what you like about entitled, we're obviously not Man United or top 6 but nonetheless we're a proud historic club with strong traditions, one of the 12 founder members of the football league, played most of our history in the top flight and one of only a handful of clubs to win all domestic trophies...and yes we feel we deserve better than the nightmare that has been the Wayne Rooney show since he dropped into town. We didn't ask for any of the media attention Rooney has garnered us, same went for Lampard too but at least he performed better.
So you really like Wayne?
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He's finally let himself go :
Obligatory #saynotofatshaming incase someone gets worked up about it.
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He doesn't look fat at all?
Not a very flattering angle to be fair. Ronaldo would look like a porker if he was leaning back and had a photo from that angle.
Yeah that angle makes it look worse, the beard he had would usually mask that.
He doesn’t look in too bad shape in fairness to Wazza, he was that size scoring double digits in the prem our Wayne
He doesn’t look in too bad shape in fairness to Wazza, he was that size scoring double digits in the prem our Wayne
I’m with you. There was a picture (possibly on Facebook) of him training with Derby this week and I swear he looked like Razor Ruddock.
Are you guys fatphobic or what? 
He can do whatever he wants, he’s the white Pele. Legend.
Happens to a lot of players, they've from gone burning thousands of calories a day and having their diets completely controlled, to not doing so much and being free to eat whatever they like.
It catches up quickly.
It catches up quickly.
With his body frame, would have been very surprised if he continued to.look lean after retiring.
Bit grim mate but Samid was being sarcastic. As he mostly is and he's good at that, caught me once to.
perfect summary. Can’t argue with that.
role reversal and I doubt utd fans would be too enthralled of another clubs legend arriving at old Trafford to see out the (painful) end to his playing career. All whilst being on a ridiculous wage before stinking the place out as manager.
derby were woeful. Just slightly less so than teams around them. The 6pts deduction helped.
I'd be amazed if Derby don't go down this season. They were the worst team in the Championship for 85% of last season (saved by a little purple patch shortly after Rooney took over full time).
Since then, they've lost several players on free transfers and the chairman is desperate to sell the club and unlikely to invest in transfers
Since then, they've lost several players on free transfers and the chairman is desperate to sell the club and unlikely to invest in transfers
And shagging grannies burns up a good deal too
Quite possibly.
Quite the plummet considering they were perennial promotion contenders for years.
Rooney would be better than Southgate for England
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Wayne Rooney was a different class when he started at 18 and through till he was 25-26 and then the decline began. If only he was at the same range until 30 or 32-33 he'd have more United goals and probably won more trophies. Anyway, I think he is a huge part of our history and is a legend. Thank You for everything Mr. Rooney. All the best for your managerial career. I hope someday you can be a Manchester United manager.
I can't believe Wayne Rooney looks older now than he did when he was younger.